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Indian embassy in Washington resumes work
after bomb threat
Wednesday April 11, 2012 09:42:23 AM,
Arun Kumar,
IANS
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Washington: The
Indian embassy in Washington has resumed its normal work after a
search of its facilities by local security authorities following
an anonymous bomb threat turned up no explosive device.
The embassy was evacuated after it received an anonymous telephone
call at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday that there was a bomb threat at the
embassy premises, the Indian mission said in a media release.
"This was immediately conveyed to the local security authorities
for necessary inspection of the embassy," it said. "The security
authorities arrived promptly and conducted a thorough on-site
inspection of the building and concluded that there were no
findings to suggest any bomb threat."
Indian ambassador Nirupama Rao was not in Washington when the bomb
threat call was received.
Earlier, State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland told
reporters "I can confirm that there was a bomb threat at the
Indian embassy in Washington" and "appropriate law enforcement
personnel responded immediately."
She said the chancery, ambassador's residence and the visa office
-- the Indian mission's official locations in the US capital --
were "evacuated and checked for bombs," but she added "no device
was located."
Nuland said there would be an investigation into the source of the
threat and an evaluation of what happened to decide whether the
security at the Indian mission needed to be stepped up.
"I would guess that part of our evaluation going forward in terms
of what happened will be to determine whether the security posture
is adequate," she said.
(Arun Kumar can be contacted at arun.kumar@ians.in)
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